Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Jurm District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Jurm District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jurm (Firghamu; Firgamu)
Unnamed Fe Occurrence

Latitude: 36°45'12"N
Longitude: 70°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.753333333333,70.833055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	None	Pyrite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite None Pyrite Sodalite Spinel Titanite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	53	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	52	27770
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	52	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1	52	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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